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Mabel Ellen Brown

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Mabel Ellen AWMM
  • Surname
    Brown AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWI 3209 AWMM
    • NZEF Ref: BR 37/3209 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 29 November 2016 - Military Record & Research
  • Gender
    Female AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    10 May 1882 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    10 May 1882 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 29 November 2016 - Research - Newspaper Items
  • Place of birth
    Glouchester, England Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 29 November 2016 - Research - Newspaper Items
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    c/- Hokitika Hospital, West Coast, NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 29 November 2016 - Research - Newspaper Items
  • Post war occupation
    In 1919 she worked at the Wanganui Hospital. By 1920 she was working at the Gisborne Hospital Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 29 November 2016 - Research - Newspaper Items
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status
    Single Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 29 November 2016 - Research - Newspaper Items

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Kensington Street Hospital, London; HM Hospital Ship 'Formosa' Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 29 November 2016 - Military Record & Research
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 29 November 2016 - Military Record & Research
  • Service number
    • WWI 3209 AWMM
    • NZEF Ref: BR 37/3209 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 29 November 2016 - Military Record & Research
  • Military service
    1915-1919 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 29 November 2016 - Military Record & Research
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    Nurse AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
    Nurse at the Hokitika Hospital Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 29 November 2016 - Research - Newspaper Items
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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  • Embarkation details
    • Staff Nurse AWMM
    • Oct 1915 - Embarked on the Troopship 'Tahiti' Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 29 November 2016 - Research

Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    2 December 1972 Public Source
  • Date of death
    2 December 1972 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 29 November 2016 - Wakapuaka Cemetery Records, Nelson
  • Age at death
    97yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 29 November 2016 - Wakapuaka Cemetery Records, Nelson
  • Place of death
    Dannevirke, New Zealand Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 29 November 2016 - Mangatera Cemetery Records, Dannevirke
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Mangatera Cemetery, Dannevirke Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 29 November 2016 - Mangatera Cemetery Records, Dannevirke
  • Grave reference
    Block RSA 1, Plot 8; Interment ID # 12343 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 29 November 2016 - Mangatera Cemetery Records, Dannevirke
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
29 November 2016Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher

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